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Astrea helianthoides ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)9387695https://www.gbif.org/species/9387695
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)137817https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=137817
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Merulinidae : Isastraea : Astrea helianthoides
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Montlivaltiidae : Isastrea : Astrea helianthoides
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassZoanthariade Blainville 1830
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMontlivaltiidaeDietrich 1926
genusIsastrea
speciesAstrea helianthoidesGoldfuss 1826
Generic NameAstrea
Scientific NameAstrea helianthoides (Goldfuss, 1826)
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Isastrea helianthoidesspeciesbelongs to Isastreastated with evidencePandey and Fürsich, 2003
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance170 - 168 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Last Recorded Appearance151 - 140 Ma
Mesozoic
Environmentmarine (based on Scleractinia)
Motilitystationary, attached (based on Faviina)
Visionblind (based on Anthozoa)
Dietphotosymbiotic, suspension feeder (based on Montlivaltiidae)
Reproductionalternating, asexual, dispersal=water,planktonic (based on Scleractinia)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Faviina)
Primary Reference (PBDB)D. K. Pandey and F. T. Fürsich. 2003. Jurassic corals of east-central Iran. Beringeria 32:1-138

Fossil Distribution

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Isastrea helianthoides (Goldfuss, 1826)GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Merulinidae : Isastraea : Isastrea helianthoides

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
2003Isastrea helianthoides Pandey and Fürsich
2006Isastrea helianthoides Baron-Szabo p. 45

References

Pandey D. K., Fürsich F. T. (2003) Jurassic corals of east-central Iran, Beringeria 32, 1-138
Baron-Szabo R. (2006) Corals of the K/T-boundary: scleractinian corals of the suborders Astrocoeniina, Faviina, Rhipidogyrina and Amphiastraeina, Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 4 1, 1-108
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
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